Examples of necessitate in a Sentence
New safety regulations necessitated adding a railing to the stairs.
getting new shoes would necessitate another trip to the mall
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With Argyle’s offense in high gear, that necessitated Heritage going for it on fourth down six times -- including four in the first half -- converting three of those, two of which led to TDs in the opening half.
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Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
To put it into perspective, the structure of Hades II necessitates that players conquer both routes of its story, and multiple times at that to reach the true ending.
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The Quartermaster essentially adds a short truck bed to the first model from Ineos Automotive, the boxy Grenadier SUV, which therefore necessitated stretching the wheelbase by 12 inches.
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Fully reckoning with digital settler colonialism necessitates considering its various manifestations and the forces that sustain it—as well as—most importantly—examples of resistance.
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Mike Waters, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025
To put it into perspective, the structure of Hades II necessitates that players conquer both routes of its story, and multiple times at that to reach the true ending.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
The Quartermaster essentially adds a short truck bed to the first model from Ineos Automotive, the boxy Grenadier SUV, which therefore necessitated stretching the wheelbase by 12 inches.
—Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2025
Fully reckoning with digital settler colonialism necessitates considering its various manifestations and the forces that sustain it—as well as—most importantly—examples of resistance.
—Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
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“Necessitate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/necessitate. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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necessitate
verb
ne·ces·si·tate
ni-ˈses-ə-ˌtāt 
necessitated; necessitating
: to make necessary
sick enough to necessitate staying home
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